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Extracranial metastases of a glioblastoma multiforme to the pleura, small bowel and pancreas
Citation
Mujic, A and Hunn, AWM and Taylor, BV and Lowenthal, RM, Extracranial metastases of a glioblastoma multiforme to the pleura, small bowel and pancreas, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 13, (6) pp. 677-681. ISSN 0967-5868 (2006) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2005.08.016
Abstract
Extracranial metastases of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are rare and usually occur in the context of recurrent intracranial GBM. We present a 39-year-old man with histologically confirmed GBM. The patient remained well for nearly 2 years, with no signs of recurrent tumour. He then presented with distant recurrence within the brain at the same time as developing pneumonia and epigastric pain. A computed tomography scan of the patient's abdomen and chest showed several intra-abdominal masses, including one in the head of the pancreas as well as a separate mass at the base of the left lung. A computed tomography-guided biopsy of the pancreatic mass demonstrated histological appearances identical to those of the original GBM. This unusual case raises the possibility of a link between prolonged survival with GBM and the occurrence of extracranial disease.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Neurosciences |
Research Field: | Central nervous system |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Taylor, BV (Professor Bruce Taylor) |
ID Code: | 63396 |
Year Published: | 2006 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 27 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2010-05-05 |
Last Modified: | 2010-06-18 |
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